Students will present their How To Speeches Unit 15 Vocabulary due on Monday
Week of February 26th
Monday
Students will finish presenting impromptu speeches
Tuesday
Unit 14 Vocabulary due - test tomorrow
Wednesday
Unit 14 vocabulary test
Thursday - Friday
Discussion/Prep/Sign up for How To/Informative Speech to begin on Monday
Week of February 19th
Monday
Workshop Hamlet Film essay - Due Tuesday
Tuesday
Introduction to Unit 14 Vocabulary - Due Monday
Introduction to "To Be or Not To Be" speech
Wednesday
Analysis - "To Be or Not To Be" and discussion
Introduction - Impromptu Speech
Thursday - Friday
Finalize Hamlet
Students will present impromptu speech
Week of February 12th
Monday - Friday
Film Study - Hamlet When finished with the film, students will have class time to workshop essay
Week of February 5th
Monday
Review Unit 13 Vocabulary Introduction to Hamlet Film Study Final draft of novel argument due on February 9th
Tuesday
Unit 13 Vocabulary Test
Wednesday - Friday
Hamlet Film Study
Week of January 29th
Monday
Introduction to Unit 13 vocabulary - due next Monday
Tuesday - Friday
Peer Review - final draft due February 9th
Independent Reading
Week of January 22nd
Monday - Thursday
Workshop Novel Research
Friday
Ten page draft due Sunday by 11:59
Week of January 15th
Monday
No School - Teacher In Service
Tuesday - Friday
Novel Essay Research Citations Due on Tuesday First Five Pages due on Friday
Week of January 8th
Monday - Friday
Novel Essay Research All six sources due on Thursday Introduction due on Friday
Week of January 1st
Monday
No School - Winter Break
Tuesday Review Midterm - Due Wednesday Introduction to Research and Novel Essay
Wednesday - Friday
Midterm Essay due Tuesday Library Research Work - Novel Essay
Week of December 18th
Monday - Tuesday
Peer Review - Final Draft - Independent Reading
Wednesday
Unit Twelve Vocabulary Due
Thursday
Poetry Argument Final Due
Unit Twelve Vocabulary Test
Friday
No School - Winter Break
Week of December 11th
Monday
Final workshop day - poetry argument - draft due at the end of the day.
Tuesday
Introduction to Unit 12 vocabulary - due next Tuesday.
Wednesday - Friday
Peer Review - Poetry Argument
Week of December 4th
Monday - Friday
Students will research and draft a rough draft of their poetry argument - due Monday.
Week of November 27th
Monday
No School
Tuesday - Friday
Rhetorical Analysis - An Inconvenient Truth due
Introduction to Poetry Argument
Students will begin researching and drafting poetry argument.
Wednesday
Week of November 20th
Monday
Unit Eleven Vocabulary due
Tuesday
Unit Eleven Vocabulary Test
Wednesday - Friday
No School - Thanksgiving Break
Week of November 13th
Monday
Rough Draft, Rhetorical Analysis of An Inconvenient Truth due.
Introduction to Unit Eleven Vocabulary - Due next Monday.
Tuesday - Friday
Peer Review - Rhetorical Analysis - An Inconvenient Truth Week of November 6th
Monday - Thursday
Students will rewatch An Inconvenient Truth and write a four page rhetorical analysis - due Monday, November 13th.
Friday
No School - Parent/Teacher Conferences
Week of October 30th
Monday - Friday
Watch An Inconvenient Truth and take notes for a rhetorical analysis.
Week of October 23rd
Monday - Tuesday
Peer Review - Rhetorical Analysis
Commercial Rhetorical Analysis due on Friday
Wednesday
Unit Ten Vocabulary due
Thursday
Unit Ten Vocabulary Test
Friday
Commercial Rhetorical Analysis Due
Reading Day
Week of October 16th
Monday - Tuesday
Workshop Rhetorical Analysis - Due Wednesday
Wednesday
Commercial Rhetorical Analysis Due
Introduction to Unit 10 Vocabulary
Thursday - Friday
Peer Review - Commercial Rhetorical Analysis
Week of October 9th
Monday
No School - Teacher In Service
Tuesday
Presentations of commercial projects
Wednesday - Friday
Workshop Rhetorical Analysis of a commercial - Draft due on Monday
Week of October 2nd
Monday
Persuasive Essay Due
Unit Nine Vocabulary Packet Due
Tuesday
Unit Nine Vocabulary Test
Wednesday
Introduction to Rhetorical Analysis (pathos, logos, ethos, audience, purpose, claim, tone and technique) Watch a teacher chosen commercial and analyze with rhetorical devices.
Thursday - Friday
With a partner, students will choose a commercial and present it to the class.
Week of September 25th
Monday
Draft of Persuasive Writing due Introduction to Unit 9 Words - Packet due next Monday - Test next Tuesday
Tuesday - Friday
Peer Review - Persuasive Writing Workshop Final Draft - Final due on Monday AR
Week of September 18th
Monday
Unit Eight Vocabulary Test
Narrative Essay - Final Draft Due
Tuesday
Students will read “A Crime of Compassion” on page 343 and “The Declaration of Independence” on page 547 and respond to the questions.
Wednesday
Review Readings Assign Persuasive Writing - two page draft due Friday
Review readings - "What in a Name?" and "Momma, the dentist and me."
Review Word365
Narrative Writing draft - two pages - due on Thursdays, September 7th
Wednesday
Workshop Narrative Draft
Thursday
Narrative Draft Due
Introduction to Unit Eight Vocabulary
Friday
Reading Day
Week of August 28th
Monday - Tuesday
Students will share "This I Believe" essay with the class.
Wednesday
Describe Narrative Writing Read "What's in a Name?" and "Momma, the dentist and me" and respond to the questions at the end of the reading.
Thursday
Review readings. Review Word365 Narrative writing draft - two pages - due on Tuesday, September 5th.
Friday
Workshop narrative writing.
Week of August 21st
Monday
No School - In Service Day
Tuesday
Welcome Back!
Journal and Grammar Prompt
Appropriate Use of Personal Devices
Remind
AR Requirements/Ten Page Paper
Wednesday
Journal and Grammar Prompt
Introduction to the Writing Process
Introduction to "This I Believe" Paper
Thursday
Journal and Grammar Prompt
"This I Believe" Share
Workshop "This I Believe" - Hard Copy and Recording due on Monday
Monday - Thursday
Legacy Project Presentations
Closing Class Commentary
AR
Friday
Reading Day
Week of May 7th
Monday
Introduce Legacy Project
Final Presentations
Tuesday - Wednesday
Legacy Project Preparation
Thursday
Final Presentation
Friday
Reading Day
Week of April 30th
Monday
Art of the film - Dead Poet's Society
Legacy Podcast Introduction
Final Project Presentation Due
Tuesday - Wednesday
Reading Day/Legacy Podcast Workshop
Thursday
Final Project Presentations
Friday
Reading Day/Legacy Podcast Workshop
Week of April 23rd
Monday
Villanelle presentation
Tuesday
Workshop final portfolio
Wednesday - Friday
Art of the film - Dead Poet's Society
Week of April 16th
Monday - Wednesday
Peer Review - Historical Fiction - Due Friday
Thursday - Friday
Introduction to Final Project
The Villanelle
Week of April 9th
Monday
Review Debate
Introduce Historical Fiction Assignment
Workshop Historical Fiction
Tuesday - Thursday
Workshop Historical Fiction - Draft due Monday
Friday
Reading Day
Week of April 2nd
Monday - Tuesday
No School - Easter Break
Wednesday - Thursday
Debate
Friday
Help with Grade 7 and 8 assembly
Week of March 26th
Monday - Tuesday
Debate
Wednesday - Friday
No School - Easter Break
Week of March 19th
Monday - Friday
Debate Preparation
Week of March 12th
Monday
Unit Fifteen Vocabulary Due
Tuesday
Finish How To Speeches
Wednesday
Unit Fifteen Vocabulary Test
Thursday - Friday
Introduction and research - Debate
Week of March 5th
Monday - Friday
Students will present their How To Speeches
Unit 15 Vocabulary due on Monday
Week of February 26th
Monday
Students will finish presenting impromptu speeches
Tuesday
Unit 14 Vocabulary due - test tomorrow
Wednesday
Unit 14 vocabulary test
Thursday - Friday
Discussion/Prep/Sign up for How To/Informative Speech to begin on Monday
Week of February 19th
Monday
Workshop Hamlet Film essay - Due Tuesday
Tuesday
Introduction to Unit 14 Vocabulary - Due Monday
Introduction to "To Be or Not To Be" speech
Wednesday
Analysis - "To Be or Not To Be" and discussion
Introduction - Impromptu Speech
Thursday - Friday
Finalize Hamlet
Students will present impromptu speech
Week of February 12th
Monday - Friday
Film Study - Hamlet
When finished with the film, students will have class time to workshop essay
Week of February 5th
Monday
Review Unit 13 Vocabulary
Introduction to Hamlet Film Study
Final draft of novel argument due on February 9th
Tuesday
Unit 13 Vocabulary Test
Wednesday - Friday
Hamlet Film Study
Week of January 29th
Monday
Introduction to Unit 13 vocabulary - due next Monday
Tuesday - Friday
Peer Review - final draft due February 9th
Independent Reading
Week of January 22nd
Monday - Thursday
Workshop Novel Research
Friday
Ten page draft due Sunday by 11:59
Week of January 15th
Monday
No School - Teacher In Service
Tuesday - Friday
Novel Essay Research
Citations Due on Tuesday
First Five Pages due on Friday
Week of January 8th
Monday - Friday
Novel Essay Research
All six sources due on Thursday
Introduction due on Friday
Week of January 1st
Monday
No School - Winter Break
Tuesday
Review Midterm - Due Wednesday
Introduction to Research and Novel Essay
Wednesday - Friday
Midterm Essay due Tuesday
Library Research Work - Novel Essay
Week of December 18th
Monday - Tuesday
Peer Review - Final Draft - Independent Reading
Wednesday
Unit Twelve Vocabulary Due
Thursday
Poetry Argument Final Due
Unit Twelve Vocabulary Test
Friday
No School - Winter Break
Week of December 11th
Monday
Final workshop day - poetry argument - draft due at the end of the day.
Tuesday
Introduction to Unit 12 vocabulary - due next Tuesday.
Wednesday - Friday
Peer Review - Poetry Argument
Week of December 4th
Monday - Friday
Students will research and draft a rough draft of their poetry argument - due Monday.
Week of November 27th
Monday
No School
Tuesday - Friday
Rhetorical Analysis - An Inconvenient Truth due
Introduction to Poetry Argument
Students will begin researching and drafting poetry argument.
Wednesday
Week of November 20th
Monday
Unit Eleven Vocabulary due
Tuesday
Unit Eleven Vocabulary Test
Wednesday - Friday
No School - Thanksgiving Break
Week of November 13th
Monday
Rough Draft, Rhetorical Analysis of An Inconvenient Truth due.
Introduction to Unit Eleven Vocabulary - Due next Monday.
Tuesday - Friday
Peer Review - Rhetorical Analysis - An Inconvenient Truth
Week of November 6th
Monday - Thursday
Students will rewatch An Inconvenient Truth and write a four page rhetorical analysis - due Monday, November 13th.
Friday
No School - Parent/Teacher Conferences
Week of October 30th
Monday - Friday
Watch An Inconvenient Truth and take notes for a rhetorical analysis.
Week of October 23rd
Monday - Tuesday
Peer Review - Rhetorical Analysis
Commercial Rhetorical Analysis due on Friday
Wednesday
Unit Ten Vocabulary due
Thursday
Unit Ten Vocabulary Test
Friday
Commercial Rhetorical Analysis Due
Reading Day
Week of October 16th
Monday - Tuesday
Workshop Rhetorical Analysis - Due Wednesday
Wednesday
Commercial Rhetorical Analysis Due
Introduction to Unit 10 Vocabulary
Thursday - Friday
Peer Review - Commercial Rhetorical Analysis
Week of October 9th
Monday
No School - Teacher In Service
Tuesday
Presentations of commercial projects
Wednesday - Friday
Workshop Rhetorical Analysis of a commercial - Draft due on Monday
Week of October 2nd
Monday
Persuasive Essay Due
Unit Nine Vocabulary Packet Due
Tuesday
Unit Nine Vocabulary Test
Wednesday
Introduction to Rhetorical Analysis (pathos, logos, ethos, audience, purpose, claim, tone and technique)
Watch a teacher chosen commercial and analyze with rhetorical devices.
Thursday - Friday
With a partner, students will choose a commercial and present it to the class.
Week of September 25th
Monday
Draft of Persuasive Writing due
Introduction to Unit 9 Words - Packet due next Monday - Test next Tuesday
Tuesday - Friday
Peer Review - Persuasive Writing
Workshop Final Draft - Final due on Monday
AR
Week of September 18th
Monday
Unit Eight Vocabulary Test
Narrative Essay - Final Draft Due
Tuesday
Students will read “A Crime of Compassion” on page 343 and “The Declaration of Independence” on page 547 and respond to the questions.
Wednesday
Review Readings
Assign Persuasive Writing - two page draft due Friday
Thursday
Workshop Day
Friday
Persuasive Writing Draft Due
Reading Day
Week of September 11th
Monday - Wednesday
Review Scoring Rubric
Peer Review Introduction
Narrative Peer Review
Thursday
Unit Eight Vocabulary Due
Friday
Eight Vocabulary Test
Week of September 4th
Monday
No School - Labor Day
Tuesday
Review readings - "What in a Name?" and "Momma, the dentist and me."
Review Word365
Narrative Writing draft - two pages - due on Thursdays, September 7th
Wednesday
Workshop Narrative Draft
Thursday
Narrative Draft Due
Introduction to Unit Eight Vocabulary
Friday
Reading Day
Week of August 28th
Monday - Tuesday
Students will share "This I Believe" essay with the class.
Wednesday
Describe Narrative Writing
Read "What's in a Name?" and "Momma, the dentist and me" and respond to the questions at the end of the reading.
Thursday
Review readings.
Review Word365
Narrative writing draft - two pages - due on Tuesday, September 5th.
Friday
Workshop narrative writing.
Week of August 21st
Monday
No School - In Service Day
Tuesday
Welcome Back!
Journal and Grammar Prompt
Appropriate Use of Personal Devices
Remind
AR Requirements/Ten Page Paper
Wednesday
Journal and Grammar Prompt
Introduction to the Writing Process
Introduction to "This I Believe" Paper
Thursday
Journal and Grammar Prompt
"This I Believe" Share
Workshop "This I Believe" - Hard Copy and Recording due on Monday
Friday
AR book approval/Reading Day